Improvement in fishing-tackle



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` Lenrs Parmi No. 86,786, dated Fama/ry 9,- 1869.

IMPROVEMENT IN FISHINGTACKLB.

To all whom 'it Irml/y concern:

Be it known that I, FERDINAND TELLQMANN, of Stamford, in the county of Faireld, and State of Connecticut, have invented. a new and useful Improvement in Fishing-Tackle; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and Vuse the same, reference being ing drawings, forming part of this specification, in Which- I Figure l represents a vertical sectional view of my improved sinker-attaehment to fishing-tackle.

Figure 2 is an end view of the same;

Similar letters of reference indicate like'paits.

This invention relates to a new sinkerattachment for iishing-tackle, and consists in the use of a hollow sectional sinker, which is so arranged that it will T be Without corners, projecting anges, and such devices, which might serve to'retain it onv the ground.\

The knots formed at the junction of the hand-line4 with the hook-cords are al1 concealed within the holloW-sinker, and can, therefore, not be caught by projecting stones, shells, or other obstructions.

The main object of this invention is\to produce a sinker which will contain the knot, and which will itself be of such shape as not to be easily detained on .the ground.

had to the accompany# sinker, 'made' of The cords C are tied to, B within a cavity, c, formed in the sinker A, the knot el, formed thereby, being fully concealed, said knot resting against the lower en'd of b, as in fig. l. i

The cords C C pass through perforations in the lower part ofthe cap, a.

The lower end of the sinker is pointedl or rounded, and no prominent corners Vor edges are formed thereone Having thus described my invention, I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patentl A `sectional sinker, A, consisting of two parts,al b and containing a cavity, c, substantially` as herein shown and described, for the purpose set forth.

FERDINAND TELLGMANN; Witnesses:

EDWIN Scormnn, J r., Osoim Snnnwoon.

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